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Next steps for social care reform and the voice of adult social work

Posted by: Lyn Romeo, Posted on: 4 April 2023 - Categories: Care and support, Co-production, Communities, Consultation and engagement, Guidance, Knowledge and skills, Our profession, Recognition, Recruitment
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It is one of the privileges of being Chief Social Worker for Adults that my professional colleagues and I can offer our advice, insight and guidance to inform major social care initiatives in England. The People at the Heart of Care white paper, published in 2021, set out the Government’s vision for adult social care. Now, with the publication of Next Steps to Put People at the Heart of Care, we’re helping to refine and strengthen that vision.

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Principal Social Workers are more than capable

Posted by: Beverley Latania, Posted on: 19 September 2019 - Categories: Education and training, Knowledge and skills, Our profession
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Lyn Romeo: The introduction and establishment of the Principal Social Worker in Adult Social Care has made a significant impact in improving the focus on professional practice and social work values as vital ingredients in improving adult social care and …

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Advice note sets out social work's essential role in health and care integration

Posted by: Lyn Romeo, Posted on: 14 March 2017 - Categories: Education and training, Integration, Knowledge and skills

The Department of Health, in partnership with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and the Principal Social Worker (PSW) Network, has published a joint social work integration advice note. Integration has many different interpretations. Sometimes it is about …

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My Christmas message and hopes for 2017

Posted by: Lyn Romeo, Posted on: 22 December 2016 - Categories: Viewpoint

My last blog of the year provides an opportunity to wish everyone a restful and recuperative break over the festive period. It is well deserved and 2016 has been a busy and at times surprising year. Many of us may be …

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Carers - we need to talk about you

Posted by: Justine Collom, Posted on: 26 February 2016 - Categories: Education and training, Knowledge and skills, Viewpoint

Working alongside and with carers has always been one of the most satisfying areas of social work for Medway Council's Principal Social Worker for Adults, Justine Collom. In the week that seven major charities joined with Alistair Burt, Minister of …

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